Corporate lawyers call them "judicial hellholes."The term refers to state courts,usually in rural areas,that have strong consumer-protection laws,antibusiness jurors,and judges who often have been elected with the help of the local plaintiffs' bar.Sweeping class actions filed in these hostile jurisdictions have stung American.Standard,Ford,Honeywell,MetLife,and many others.But now,after years of lobbying,Corporate America is about to get some relief.
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